Reminder: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will present “Beyond the Mall: Making Matters” this weekend on June 25-27. The digital program series features both seasoned master artisans and the everyday makers who find solace and connection in creativity. Visitors are invited to join
Events
Smithsonian Folklife presents “Samgyetang: Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup Across Generations” online on June 27. In this program, Korean American chefs Yesoon Lee and Danny Lee—who separately own and operate several popular restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area, including Mandu, Chiko, and Anju—will
The 15th SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) Congress is hosted by the University of Helsinki in Finland, June 19-24, 2021.With the theme “Breaking the Rules? Power, Participation and Transgression,” SIEF invites and encourages participants to explore the dynamics, modes, arenas
Katherine Borland, past AFS Executive Board member and Director of the Ohio State University Center for Folklore Studies, will give the opening keynote on June 20 at the upcoming SIEF congress in Helsinki, Finland. Borland’s presentation, “Slow Activism: Lessons from Citizen Scientists,”
Join the Philadelphia Folklore Project for a special viewing of La Ofrenda (The Altar), directed by Irving Viveros, on June 24. Across diverse communities and throughout the world, altars have been spaces for veneration and introspection. They are structures that assist individuals
Forming Cultural Lineages: Appropriation v. Inclusion The first of the Philadelphia Folklore Project’s four-part series on cultural appropriation will take place June 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM EDT. This panel will cover concerns on becoming integrated within a culture. How should
American Lore Theater will present a live, in-person performance of Salt Water People, a play by Jake Rosenberg based on fieldwork in East Hampton, New York, on September 10-12, 202 at Brooklyn’s Waterfront Museum in Brooklyn. Salt Water People spins the legend
The Institute for European Ethnology and Cultural Studies at the University Marburg invites participants to their digital international and interdisciplinary conference, “Waterworlding: Reflecting on Multiple Waters,” which takes place June 17-19. The conference assembles researchers from diverse geographical regions who conduct cultural,
Join the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on June 25–27 for Beyond the Mall: Making Matters! The weekend digital program series features both seasoned master artisans and the everyday makers who find solace and connection in creativity. We invite you to join eclectic conversations and demonstrations all
AFS is hosting a number of small group salons to continue the conversation from the June 2 webinar on reflexivity and Latinidades. These salons will be facilitated by senior scholars and practitioners in the field on June 11 at 11:00 AM and 2:00